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These days, Cusack is practically going from role to role. He has 10 films listed in IMDB.com as either completed (but not released), filming, in pre or post production. The one I'm most interested in? Cusack as President Richard Nixon in The Butler. That's due out Aug. 16. In it, he'll appear for the first time with another '80s icon, Forest Whitaker.

A few years ago, on Cusack's 42nd birthday, I ranked his top 42 films. Well, Johnny's been busy since then, so I'll add five more movies to the ranking and republish it here today.

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Relive the '80s music, movies and culture with Tampa Bay Times correspondent Steve Spears. A teen during the greatest decade ever, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to big hair.